These printable cards give students the chance to practice using supporting evidence to identify an author’s claims.

Your young writer can practice his storytelling skills with this character development worksheet, where he'll outline 4 fictional characters.

Have your students practice writing with varied sentence patterns in this story writing challenge.

Research your favorite author, then map out biographical details on an idea web.

Organizing your thoughts is an essential part of the writing process. It's easy--and fun--with this brainstorming worksheet.

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this thought-provoking, leap year-inspired writing prompt!

The elegant and simply style of renga is the perfect way to introduce your child to the rhythm and style of poetry.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Explain Fraction Conversions.

Challenge your kids to translate LOL into an academic sentence! Give your students extra practice rewriting online comments so that they fit the academic setting.

The Peter Pan story says that mothers tidy their children's minds at night! Think deep and list what your mind is like before and after mom cleans up.

Use this template to plan and create an original comic.

A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use their imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Explain Fraction Conversions.

Your little writer will use his imagination to bend time and space with this creative writing prompt. Where will he go and what will he see?

Students will learn that voice is the energy, intention, and tone of the piece and then practice infusing different voices into their writing.

Use this worksheet as a tool to assist your young writers in selecting the perfect idea for their narrative.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Mae Jemison.

Challenge students to come up with arguments and counter-arguments for a controversial topic, whether they agree or not.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Use this writing tool to teach your students how to write like a historian.

Each inventive activity on the board inspires children to use their imagination while completing an academic task.

Motivate students with this authentic persuasive writing experience! Students will brainstorm and choose two products before planning a persuasive essay.

This reading and writing worksheet teaches your young film buff about cool Coraline stop motion effects.

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

In this brief questionnaire, students will think about who their audience is and what they believe.

What lurks inside this spooky house? Your 5th grader can invent her own scary story based on this haunting illustration!

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

Set goals for the year ahead with this New Year's resolutions template!